The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. The act of furthering, advancing, or helping forward: "Pakistan does not aspire to any . . . role in furtherance of the strategies of other powers” ( Ismail Patel).
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of furthering or forwarding; promotion; advancement.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
n. the advancement of some enterprise
Word Usage
"I personally am sickened by those who hide behind empty platitudes in furtherance of justification of raping and killing innocent and weak people under specious claims of justification."